Cooktown Saturday 20th June
Quite a noisy night. In the early part of the evening we could hear one of the local characters giving his usual sermon to anybody within earshot. It seemed to waft across the local park next to us where he had set up his preacher’s box. Thankfully it only lasted for just over an hour and can’t say that I understood much of it. Then the local live band took over in the beer garden just down the road and went on to midnight. It was then the turn of a couple of blokes who had been drinking all day where they had set up just down a bit from us. They played their music and spoke until the early morning using some very colourful language. We still managed to sleep quite well though.
We did some chores around the place. Purchased some plastic and some tape to seal up the trailer so when we travel the red dirt roads the inside doesn’t get covered in it. Checked the tyres/pressures and filled the tanks with water, just in case we are unable to find some over the next week on our trip to the tip of Australia.
Took a picnic to the Botanical gardens and then drove to Finch Bay to look at the beach. Then on to Quarantine Bay about 5klms out of town. Beautiful beaches though a little windswept. The water was very warm, however we didn’t linger too long by the water’s edge as the recently erected signs warned that Crocodiles had been sighted in the area recently. So having a swim was out!
Enjoyed a beautiful l Barramundi dinner, as a special treat, at Captain Cooks Landing place ,the Varenda Cafe on the Esplanade.Here we saw two of the biggest Groupers we have ever seen,they must have been at least 5 to 6 feet long with tremendous girths. They come up to be fed when the tide is right and are very well known in the area.
Quite a noisy night. In the early part of the evening we could hear one of the local characters giving his usual sermon to anybody within earshot. It seemed to waft across the local park next to us where he had set up his preacher’s box. Thankfully it only lasted for just over an hour and can’t say that I understood much of it. Then the local live band took over in the beer garden just down the road and went on to midnight. It was then the turn of a couple of blokes who had been drinking all day where they had set up just down a bit from us. They played their music and spoke until the early morning using some very colourful language. We still managed to sleep quite well though.
We did some chores around the place. Purchased some plastic and some tape to seal up the trailer so when we travel the red dirt roads the inside doesn’t get covered in it. Checked the tyres/pressures and filled the tanks with water, just in case we are unable to find some over the next week on our trip to the tip of Australia.
Took a picnic to the Botanical gardens and then drove to Finch Bay to look at the beach. Then on to Quarantine Bay about 5klms out of town. Beautiful beaches though a little windswept. The water was very warm, however we didn’t linger too long by the water’s edge as the recently erected signs warned that Crocodiles had been sighted in the area recently. So having a swim was out!
Enjoyed a beautiful l Barramundi dinner, as a special treat, at Captain Cooks Landing place ,the Varenda Cafe on the Esplanade.Here we saw two of the biggest Groupers we have ever seen,they must have been at least 5 to 6 feet long with tremendous girths. They come up to be fed when the tide is right and are very well known in the area.
Quite a cloudy evening so the stars were not too brilliant.
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